Manik reached his place and without disturbing Dhurv , quietly went into bed but sleep was nowhere around him. He kept on thinking about what happened back in the cabin. Every time he closed his eyes; her face flashed in front.

Same was also happening with Nandini. Deprived of her sleep she was standing in her balcony recalling those moments and smiling on her own talks and actions which she did with him. But soon the realisation hit her and she was back in reality. Shoving away all her thoughts; she came to her bed and soon was asleep.

3 days after this incident; in the evening, Manik got a call from Vaibhav saying that he was been called tomorrow by the seniors.

"What the hell yaar..? 15 days are not yet completed. How can they call you tomorrow?" Cabir said in anger.

"And where is that Nandini..? Kaha tha na usne ki she'll help, now what? He continued.

"Cabir ..! Stop it yaar..!! Don't blame her." Manik who was already tensed, sitting on the dining table and resting his head on his hand; said in a low tone.

"Will you stop defending her..? Itne din ho Gaye and she's not even said even a single thing about this matter either to you or me. And to top it all; she's on leave for one week. And you are sitting here and defending her..?" He continued in anger.

Manik was already tensed and Cabir's talk was making it more messed up.

"Shut up Cabir , just shut up.. Ye Meri problem hai , mera mess hai and I should be responsible to get it clear. Usne help offer ki thi Iska matlab ye nahi ki she is bounded for that. So just stop it." Manik shouted in anger on Cabir and made his way towards his room, banging the door behind.

The next day he was in office after the lunch hour and still there was no sign of Nandini. Cabir tried to contact her but she had switched off her phone. Manik and Cabir were clueless about what's gonna come next. When asked about the proof; Manik was silent. 

Vaibhav felt helpless seeing his best team member like this. Manik had no hopes left. All of them discussed the matter and asked Vaibhav to call Nandini ; but she was unreachable. Seeing nothing coming in right way; seniors decided to stick on to their decision and bard his IGP. 

But before they could finally make it official; the door of conference room where the meeting was going on ; flung open and there stood Nandini ; catching up her breaths. She was hardly being able to speak up. Seeing her Manik rushed towards her but before he could reach her she , feeling dizzy , collapsed , but before she could touch the ground Manik held her but as she lost the control , her whole body weight was on him and he sat on his knees holding her tight. He was all horrified seeing her in that condition and it was visible from his face. 

She was feeling weak and losing her conscience but he patted on her cheek; "Nandini..!!" , he called her not to let her close her eyes. All the other people stood in shock as to what happened and Vaibhav rushed to take water. 

"Manik..! Proof..!" She could barely manage to say forwarding a CD towards him. Mean time Vaibhav came with water and Manik made her drink it. Manik carefully made her stand while Vaibhav took the CD. Manik was at that moment was least bothered about the proof. All he could see was Nandini again in the same state in which he saw her on the party night. Making her sit on the chair , he knelt down on front of her and made her drink more water.

"Nandini ... You ok..??" He held her hand tight in his. She nodded her head a bit and looked at him. She could clearly see the concern on his face. Both were looking into each others eyes and were lost in them. Their moment was broken when she had a cough and Manik again made her drink water. At that moment she realized her hand was tightly held by him. 

She looked at their hands which was noticed by Manik. He slowly left her hand and she again moved her gaze towards his face but soon her eyes were stuck on the screen that was showing the footage that she managed to collect. Following her gaze , Manik too looked towards the screen and was confused about it. 

He again looked at her and she just blinked her eyes in assurance. She slowly got up from the chair while Manik helped her. She then told all of them about the footage and asked them to cross check the time as it was not Manik who did it. 

That proof was enough for them to realise that Manik was not at fault. The seniors called for Danish ; who was at first all clueless about the trouble he has landed into and then was all shocked to see to the footage. He tried his best to convince the seniors that the footage was tampered but they did not pay heed to any of his nonsense. 

Manik was shocked to that Danish did this deliberately. Finally the seniors made their decision. He was being suspended as what he did was not a mistake but a deliberate move. Manik too was needed to be given a head up as it was his carelessness because of which Danish was able to take that step. His ratings were cut short as the punishment. Danish was blown out with his defeat as he never expected this to happen.

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Danish was leaving the office and was in the parking when a sudden push made him landed on the bonnet of a car. He looked back and saw Manik all red in anger. He hurriedly came forward and grabbed his collar in response of which Danish too grabbed Manik's collar.

"How dare you..??" Manik said grinning his teeth in anger.

The two of them were indulge in their own fight when Nandini spotted them and ran towards them.

"Manik kya kar rahe ho..? have you gone mad..?? Leave him.." Nandini pleaded Manik. "Stay away Nandini.." Manik answered her in full rage.

"Manik what you doing ; chodo use..!!" She said making Danish free from Manik's grip. "Manik I said leave him." She again made the attempt and this time he freed him. "Danish just go. Jao abhi yahan se." She said to Danish. "I will see you ..!!!" Danish retorted back in anger looking at Manik. Manik again moved forward but was stopped by Nandini , "Manik don't .." She said and held his arm from going towards him. "Danny just leave I say..just go.." She again said to Danish who then went towards his car and drove off.

"What is wrong with you Manik ..?? Kya kar rahe the tum..? " She said to him in high pitch. "That bloody jerk.. how dare he mess up with me..?" Manik was all red in anger. For the first time Nandini Saw so much anger in Manik's eyes. From the time she joined the office , she never saw him in so much anger. His Face and eyes were blood red due to the anger fuming inside him. 

Nandini was about to say something when suddenly a car stopped at a distance at her back. Nandini turned her face to look back and suddenly the window pane started lowering down. 

"Danish" she whispered slowly but it was audible enough for Manik. "don't think I will let you go off so easily ... not this time .. you need to pay for your deeds and I will make sure you do that Nandini." . Danish was throwing daggers from his eyes towards Nandini.

 "how dare you...!!!" Manik grinded his teeth and said to him. Nandini stood there silent because she knew arguing with Danish was a waste of time. But someone was surely not in the mood to take that threat from him. Manik rushed towards the car but was again stopped by Nandini. 

" Manik I said don't... Why don't you get it." She again pulled his arm and spoke in utter frustration. Meanwhile Danish drove off and Manik jerked his own hand to let it get free from her grip.

 " why did you stop me I should have taught him good lesson right over here only. How dare he mess with me .... He tried to play with my career just for no good reason... And giving threats to you that too in front of me...why the hell did you stop me.?" He almost shouted on her. 

"Are you out of your mind Manik ..?? You just now out of one trouble and now you want to land up in another just right now.. if you both would have been spotted fighting you better know what action could have been taken against you both .. this is an office Manik... You both are professionals and not bloody street boys... the suspension letter which is in his hands right now would have been in your hand too... you want this to happen..??? Is this the reward I get for my work done..?? Is this Is why I proved you innocent so that the next moment you get suspended ....!!! Is this what I get..???? like seriously...????" She too shouted on him.

Manik looked at her and realised she was correct. She helped him to get out of the mess and he in return was again landing up into one. He tightly closed his eyes to calm himself down. "Sorry..!" 

He managed to utter in low tone. She just nodded her head in reply. " by the way how did you get to know about all this.... I mean Cabir told me that you are on leave and we were trying to reach you since yesterday and Aaj bhi Vaibhav was trying to reach you but Tum unavailable thi. Tumhe pata kaise chala ki Ye Sab.. I mean it happened before 15 days so , how did you came to know. And plus Ye footage ... How did you managed all this..??" Manik curiously asked her . "Aur tum itna panic kar rahi thi... You were almost unconscious just like that party day..?? What happened..?? And are you ok now..?" His questions took her in the morning when she was all clueless about the things happening in the office.

Flashback...

The way chosen by her to prove Manik innocent was not easy . There were still 2 days left to go 15 days and still she had nothing. After days of hard work , she finally got through her work. When she managed to get into the system of the security office and what she saw shocked her. 

She saw the footage of the conference room and with the people present there and seeing Manik's expression , it was not hard for her to guess what must be the topic of discussion. She without wasting any more time , searched for the footage of that particular day and copied in the CD. Within no time she drove to her office. Speed of her car Crossed 150 and her control over it at one point went all missing and she banged her car with the footpath. Although there were no injuries caused to her but the stress and sudden bang of her car caused a severe headache within minutes. She somehow managed to drive till the office and by the time she could reach the conference room she was all breathless and not having any further control over herself , she went unconscious and was about to fall when Manik grabbed her.

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Flashback end.

"Woh...actually..." She started stammering as she didn't wanted to let the thing come out. "Leave it na.. Why bother....? The thing is now the problem is sorted , which we wanted. So now , what , let's just forget it. " she said to him. Manik found it a bit strange. He had a confused look all over his face and was about to say something , when her phone rang. "I need to go...!!!" She instantly said and went towards her car. Manik was bit confused and found her behaviour strange but still he went back to his place.

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"Nanhii .. Were are you ...? Been calling you from so long.. You were you not picking up..?" Abhi said to her over. "Bhai sorry wo I just.." She was explaining him but was cut in between by him "what happened,,? You not well..? You sounding low. Nanhii.. Tell me .. Did you again got the attack..?" He questioned her. 

Nandini wanted to lie to him to say all is fine but she knew him well ; and now being a doctor , it was just to impossible for her to lie to him regarding her health. So she told him the whole morning to the afternoon happenings ; including her car's collision. 

After listening to her , Abhi went all silent. "Bhai ..? Bhai you there..?" She said to him. "Nanhii.. I can't believe you can be soo irresponsible.. I understand the seriousness of situation but what if something big would have happened..? Why can't you just take care of yourself..? " he said to her in more of a anger tone filled with concern. 

"Bhai I know I am at fault.. Am really sorry bhai...!!" She pleaded him and he again gave his brotherly instructions to her of being safe and let go off the topic. 

Nandini then told him about the Manik's truth being proved and his clas with Danish. "Don't worry baby.. Danish and Harshad will not be able to touch you till I am alive.. Don't worry..!" He assured her to not worry about the threat that Danish gave.